Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain2 schools serve Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap, 1 elementary school and 1 school for every grade
They all come under SD 83 K̓wsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcúl’ecw. 0 of its 2 schools with results sit in the top two fifths in British Columbia.
How Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap’s schools do on BC’s assessments
The Foundation Skills Assessment in Grades 4 and 7 and first-time graduation: each school against every school in BC.
Its School Grade is C: it compares these results with the other towns of the province.
The area’s schools by fifth of the province
Each school’s band is the average of its measures’ fifths. The mark shows an even fifth of the area’s schools.
| Measure | Schools | Middle here | British Columbia |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 literacy (FSA score) | 2 | 443 | 468 |
| Grade 4 numeracy (FSA score) | 2 | 446 | 472 |
| Grade 7 literacy (FSA score) | 1 | 416 | 467 |
| Grade 7 numeracy (FSA score) | 1 | 416 | 454 |
Furthest from the provincial middle is Grade 7 literacy: 416 here, against 467 in British Columbia. 0 measures above the provincial middle, 4 below, out of 4.
Every school’s results (2)
| School | Measure | Band |
|---|---|---|
| Sorrento ElementaryElementary | G4 literacy 458 · G4 numeracy 478 | Fourth fifth |
| North Shuswap ElementaryAll grades | G4 literacy 429 · G4 numeracy 414 · G7 literacy 416 · G7 numeracy 416 | Bottom fifth |
BC Ministry of Education and Child Care: FSA 2021/22 to 2025/26 (the latest year with a value) and first-time Grade 12 graduation; masked where groups are small; resident students only. Open Government Licence – British Columbia.
Where the 2 schools in and around Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap are
Each pin is a school, coloured by the system that runs it, sized by its students where the province publishes them.
Points from the provincial lists.
Schooling in English and French around Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap
English, French and other languages of instruction, beside the mix in British Columbia.
The mark on each bar is the share of schools in British Columbia.
No school here teaches in French.
Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives French-speaking parents the right to French-language schooling for their children, through the French-language boards.
Who runs Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap’s schools
Each level’s schools by system: English and French public boards, independent and other schools.
One system runs them: every one English public.
The provincial school lists: each school’s board, language and Catholic or public status.
How children get a place in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap
The neighbourhood school
Attendance zones do the sorting here. Inside the zone a child is in; outside it, the answer turns on how full the school is.
The provinces’ education acts and the boards’ own admission policies; check with the board for a given address.
The 2 schools in and around Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap
High schools within reach of Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap
Secondary and all-grade schools within 15 km, by distance.
Counting out to 15 km, there are 2: 2 English public. First by distance comes North Shuswap Elementary, at 1.7 km.
| School | Board | System | Band | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Shuswap ElementaryAll grades | SD 83 K̓wsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcúl’ecw | English public | Bottom fifth | 1.7 km |
| Carlin Elementary MiddleAll grades | SD 83 K̓wsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcúl’ecw | English public | Middle fifth | 15 km |
Distances in a straight line from the town’s centre point.
Towns its size in British Columbia
Similar-sized towns and their schools within 3 km, by population.
| Town | Population | Schools | French | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan de Fuca (Part 1) | 5,439 | 42 | 2 | 6.4 km |
| … | ||||
| Colebrook | 3,617 | 31 | 1 | 1.9 km |
| Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary | 3,570 | 4 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola | 3,543 | 6 | 0 | 25 km |
| Bridgeview | 3,511 | 71 | 0 | 2 km |
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap | 3,475 | 2 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Mackenzie | 3,442 | 2 | 0 | 122 km |
| Electoral Area B, North Okanagan | 3,415 | 17 | 0 | 3.2 km |
| Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary | 3,361 | 5 | 0 | 34 km |
| Central Okanagan West | 3,298 | 3 | 0 | 13 km |
| … | ||||
| Clearwater | 2,500 | 3 | 0 | 85 km |
Set against 90 others, 76 have more schools in reach. In 18 of the 91, at least one school teaches in French.
Populations from Statistics Canada; schools from the provincial lists, in or within 3 km of each town.
Schools in the towns around Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap
For each nearby town, its schools in or within 3 km of its outline, with straight-line distances.
| Town | Schools | French | Catholic or independent | Nearest secondary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 km |
| Blind Bay 11 km | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5.5 km |
Blind Bay leads the neighbours with 5 schools.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The kinds of school. Elementary and secondary come from the grades each school offers; a school offering both counts as all-grade.
- Which schools count. Schools inside Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap and those within 3 km of its outline: a family nearby would weigh them all.
- Boards and systems. Public schools come under a board of one language; independent schools are run privately.
- The year. The provincial list for 2025/26.
- What isn’t here. Inspection reports with ratings don’t exist here, and the lists give enrolment for one year at most.
- Bands, not ranks. Each result is placed in a fifth of BC’s schools on the same measure; a school’s band averages its fifths. BC masks small groups and counts resident students only, so no school is ranked to the place.
Questions about schools in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap
How do I get a place at a school in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap?
Registration is with the board, which assigns the school for the home address.
Is there a French-language school in Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap?
Not near Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap: within 3 km there is none, and the French-language board points to the closest.
Sources: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care, K-12 school list 2025/26 (Open Government Licence – British Columbia) · map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).